New ISIS footie laws allow teams to get revenge on dirty-tackle stars

BANNED: Refs have been by ISIS because FIFA rules don't match Sharia law

Football bosses in Syria have been told by top ISIS fighters that refs have been outlawed because their decisions “do not judge according to what Allah has revealed”.

But bizarrely, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) has reported ISIS believe only some football laws are in breach of Allah’s command.

It is unclear which rules are not but many have been declared "illegitimate".

ISIS has written a new set of rules which allow players to take revenge or get compensation from opponents if they get injured in a match, the SOHR adds.

And knowing ISIS, retribution is likely to be fairly bloodthirsty.

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REVENGE: ISIS have re-written the football laws after banning refs from officiating

“We’re lucky because the football we play does not run using FIFA’s name”

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The new rules are to be introduced for the new football league season in the territory around Deir ez-Zor, Syria, due to start soon.

One player, who did not wish to be named, told SOHR: “We’re lucky because the football we play does not run using FIFA’s name – then the organisation [ISIS] would have stopped games once and for all and not just refereeing.”